Morrison v. City of New York

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Faviola Soto, J.), entered February 10, 2003, which, in an action for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff laborer when he fell while descending a scaffold, granted plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment as to liability on his cause of action under Labor Law § 240 (1), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Defendants’ liability was established as a matter of law by the fact that the scaffold they provided plaintiff, which admittedly had no guard rails, safety nets or lifelines, did not prevent plaintiff from falling (see Laquidara v HRH Constr.…